Borne in Blood: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain
By Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, 2007
Series: Saint-Germain Chronicles

Twentieth book in the series.

"The year is 1817. In Switzerland, the Count Saint-Germain leads a comfortable life with his paramour Hero whose husband died fighting Napoleon. Saint-Germain's loving kindness cannot keep Hero from missing her children who are being raised by their hard-hearted grandfather.

The Count has become intrigued by the work of an Austrian noble investigating the properties of blood, a subject always of key interest to a vampire. But when the noble’s beautiful ward fixates sexually on the Count, the vampire fears for himself and his gentle lover." (Summary from Amazon.com)

Hardcover Info: ISBN 0765317133, Tor Books

More by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro: The Olivia Series, Sisters of the Night